KASARAGOD: A nine-year-old boy drowned in a pond on a mosque premises at Poochakkad, near Kanhangad, on Sunday. Ibrahim Kaleel, 9, son of Basheer, a resident of nearby Thekkepuram locality, ventured into the pond around 11 am along with two boys, police sources said. Seeing Kaleel in danger, his friends shouted for help and the local people got him out of the pond. However, Kaleel was declared ‘brought dead’ by the hospital authorities.